Yes, you can smoke at Simón Bolívar International Airport (SMR) — outdoors, on the landside, outside the terminal building. There is no airside smoking area and no indoor smoking room, so smoke before you check in or after you land.
Simón Bolívar sits on the Caribbean coast a short drive south of Santa Marta’s city centre and is the gateway to Colombia’s Caribbean tourist region, including the Tayrona area. A single terminal handles both domestic and international flights.
Where to Smoke
Simón Bolívar’s single terminal building covers check-in, security and the gates for both domestic and international departures, and none of it — indoors or past security — allows smoking; Colombia’s national smoke-free law bans smoking in enclosed public spaces. The only option is the open air outside the building, so smoke before you go through check-in and security, or after you come through arrivals. The airport does not publish a signed or marked smoking spot, so stay outside the terminal, clear of the entrance doors.
Vaping
The same rule covers vapes: Colombia’s Law 2354 of 2024 puts e-cigarettes, vapes and heated tobacco under the same enclosed-space ban as cigarettes. Vape outside the terminal building at Simón Bolívar, on the landside, the same as you would smoke.
Summary
| Area | Smoking | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Indoor | No | No indoor smoking rooms anywhere in the terminal |
| After security / airside | No | No airside smoking area at this airport |
| Outdoor (landside) | Yes | Outside the terminal building |
| Vaping | Outdoor only | Treated like cigarettes under Law 2354 of 2024 |
Cartagena’s Rafael Núñez Airport, further along the Caribbean coast, follows the same rule — see the landside smoking areas outside Rafael Núñez Airport — and our FAQ on smoking and vaping at airports covers the wider rules.
For Colombia’s airport smoking rules and vaping law, see our Colombia airport guide.